Definitions by murr2k

natural response 

In electrical or mechanical engineering, natural response is the response of a system to a change from equilibrium. It is also the response given by a female after having been asked out on a date.

Whenever I ask a girl out, her natural response is "no."

natural response by murr2k November 18, 2009

sky hook 

A sky hook is a fictional apparatus, the retrieval of which is demanded of newbie grocery store clerks as a kind of lighthearted hazing ritual. Often combined with bucket of steam.

Billy, go grab a sky hook and a bucket of steam and get started on those windows!

sky hook by murr2k March 22, 2009

wronskian 

A technique in mathematics used to prove that the solutions of a differential equation are linearly independent. Also a term used by math geeks to inform one another when trying to solve a problem, that compounding one botched attempt after another won't lead to success.

Dude, two wronskians don't make a right.

wronskian by murr2k March 22, 2009

reduction of order 

Reduction of order is a technique in mathematics for solving second-order ordinary differential equations. It is also a technique used in restaurants by math geeks who change their order to an amount less than originally requested.

I went to McDonald's and ordered two Big Macs, but I changed my mind and ordered only one. They didn't like my reduction of order.

reduction of order by murr2k March 14, 2009